Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA · Private nonprofit43.5%
Acceptance rate
$50,404
Avg net price
7,510
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,822Master’s 497 |
| Bachelor’s 1,039Master’s 237 |
| Bachelor’s 454Master’s 165 |
| Bachelor’s 291Master’s 80 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s 15 |
Early Action (nonbinding)
Decision released by Jan 31
Regular Action
Decision released by Mar 31
· Apply with the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $50,540
- Required fees
- $1,500
- Food and housing
- $19,930
- Books and supplies
- $1,085
- Other expenses
- $2,623
- Total
- $75,678
- $66,9442019–2019–20
- $66,9442020–2120–21
- $68,2702021–2221–22
- $70,6202022–2322–23
- $73,4182023–2423–24
- $75,6782024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $50,404 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 39%
- Average share of need met
- 41%
- Average need-based grant
- $7,622
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Berklee College of Music’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Berklee College of Music admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Berklee College of Music runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Berklee College of Music admits in-state applicants at 50.3%, out-of-state applicants at 54.6%, and international applicants at 57.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,293 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
Berklee College of Music rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Considered
- Class rank
- Considered
- Application essay
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Berklee College of Music leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Berklee College of Music’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $78,180 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $50,404 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 509 of 1,322 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $78,180
Averages among the 509 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Berklee College of Music offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Berklee College of Music admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
85.4% of Berklee College of Music’s first-years return for a second year and 66.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03